Living Beyond: THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN ADDICTION
Compassion is ultimately the ability to completely understand and share in the feelings of another. It is a powerful tool that redirects blame and shame. Its intentions are to help the...
The Interplay Between Borderline Personality Disorder And Addictive Illness
I have a beloved patient whose millennial daughter has proudly embraced her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder stating that understanding this diagnosis has notably enhanced her self-awareness and capacity for forgiveness...
Regulation of Depression By a New Type of Brain Stimulation In Addicted Patients: Reedeming...
Depression is also known as clinical depression and major depressive disorder (MDD). This severe medical illness affects 15 million American adults every year or about 5-8% of the adult population of...
Living Beyond: WHEN IS AN ADDICT MOST LIKELY TO RELAPSE
The risk of relapse is at its highest when an addict lacks support, accountability, and an ongoing relationship with a mental health professional. While the relationship with the mental professional may...
Midlife: The Forgotten Frontier
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses...
Pets In Recovery
People have heartrending stories when they reminisce with their collection of, “Susie Q was the best dog…” or “I adored my cat Sammy…” We all remember that fi rst neighborhood kitten...
Why Self-Esteem Matters and How to Build Yours
Self-esteem is the belief that you are good enough and worthy of enjoying happiness, success, healthy relationships and a good life. From a psychological lens self-esteem is about how we evaluate...
Reduce Relapse- Feed the Brain First!
It’s our brain’s job to help us cope with stress gracefully. To do that, it needs to be fed optimally. An addicted brain is a starving brain! Starving brains cause us...
TRAUMA THEN AND NOW (PART 2 OF 3)
Underlying Causes of Trauma
What happens in the brain - The limbic system is a set of brain structures located in the middle area of the brain. The limbic system is responsible...
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM NEW OPIOID DRUG POLICY (PART 2 OF 2)
This is the second installment of this article. In Part 1, I examined the first two prongs of the administration’s proposed three prong approach to ending the opioid epidemic. I showed...
